"How did she die?" Jay asked.
There was a ferocious expression on the man’s face as he said, "We're all descendants of the Boye family, but their bloodline were the ones who were handed the Boyes' art of healing. The other branches were left with nothing but scraps. Don't you see how irritating that is?
"So in order to get our hands on the Boyes' secret skills, the other branches have never given up on looking for her. Ultimately, our efforts paid off as we found her laboratory in Serpent Land. I thought that she would hand the secret skills over to us with no scruples, but she chose to die with the laboratory instead..."
The man was getting angrier as he spoke, "She would rather die than cooperate with us!"
When Jay heard this terrifying ordeal, he almost staggered to the ground. In order to confirm Baby Zetty’s current state, he hesitantly asked, "Was anyone with her when she died?"
The man said with sorrow, "The foolish old man who had such a deep affection for her died with her. Such a perfect laboratory had exploded into soot and ashes i n an instant. It was such a waste."
Jay was extremely distressed. Although there was no mention of Baby Zetty's bad news, she should have been in the laboratory as well. If the laboratory exploded, how could Baby Zetty have escaped that ordeal?
Pain and hatred overwhelmed Jay's thoughts till he was on the brink of collapsing. He suddenly stood up, his beast-like eyes turning scarlet as he pointed at the man and snarled. "Were you the person who killed Mr. Boye?"
"No, no, no... Sir Ares, you shouldn’t be involving us in this matter. Although I very much wanted Boye to die, we weren’t the people who took her life.”
"Then who was it?"
"I think it should be alright for me to tell you since you’re as good as dead anyway.” The man smiled in a peculiar manner and said, "It was my father and my uncles."
Jay was so enraged that he swung his fist.
The man swiftly evaded it and sneered, "Sir Ares, I know that your combat skills are extraordinary. But you've been poisoned, so your body will soon lose its strength. Then, you'll start feeling as though thousands of ants are gnawing on your heart. I suggest you stop and think about how to preserve your lifespan instead."
At this moment, Baby Zetty was already secretly curing herself.
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